Hope Takes Flight on Shuttle Discovery

User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s)

In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center members of the STS-124 crew look over the scientific airlock in the Kibo pressurized module. Image credit: NASAKim Shiflett
In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, members of the STS-124 crew look over the scientific airlock in the Kibo pressurized module. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

The cargo aboard the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124 already has traveled halfway around Earth, more than 10,000 miles over land and sea. It’s now ready for the culmination of its 23-year journey to the International Space Station. Hope will take flight on Discovery. Or rather, the centerpiece of Kibo, a laboratory complex named for the Japanese word for hope, will take flight.


Full story »
All News summaries from Space & Earth science news
All News summaries for April 16, 2008
Goto Archive PhysOrg Forum Goto Archive Video Goto Archive Editorials Goto Archive Free Magazines Goto Archive Newsletter

News Archive